AKP Phnom Penh, June 28, 2025 -- During a grand meeting commemorating the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP)’s 74th founding anniversary (June 28, 1951 – June 28, 2025), held here at its headquarters this morning, the Party President Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen shared eight key messages with party members and supporters across the country.

The messages covered a broad range of topics, including national development goals, political leadership, public engagement, and the party’s stance on the current border tension with Thailand. The eight points are as follows:

1. The Cambodian People's Party steadfastly adheres to the objective of building the Kingdom of Cambodia to be a country with sustainable and inclusive economic development, with democracy deeply rooted in the nation, with guarantees for equality, equity, and social justice, where people have even better knowledge and employment, robust health, noble culture, solidarity, and decent living conditions, free from poverty, ignorance, and all forms of violence.

2. Righteous political leadership is the main factor for victory. Therefore, the Party must constantly strive to develop its capacities in all aspects, in terms of both understanding and practice, to respond to the demands of the national situation, especially the constantly evolving socio-economic and international situations, while adhering to the path of liberal multi-party democracy, promoting patriotic consciousness, and strengthening and expanding foreign relations to ensure the correct formulation of political platform, principles, policies, and decisions on all issues.

3. The people are the decisive factor for victory, both in the struggle for national liberation and in building and protecting the homeland. The people are the foundation that supports political leadership in the nation. The actual history of Cambodia over the past four decades clearly confirms the above point: if the people understand, trust, support, and participate, then the Party can achieve its cause. Therefore, all Party organisations at all levels and in all sectors must be loyal to the people, target their service towards the people, rely on the people, and learn from the people.

4. Party committees at all levels, and every Party member, must firmly grasp the six reasons for the Party's success to correctly orient their activities to further build and strengthen the Party, implement the political platform, and implement the Royal Government's Pentagonal Strategy in line with their roles and duties. Disregarding all these reasons will negatively impact the implementation of the political platform and the people's trust in the Party's leadership. Such inertia must be overcome and resolved quickly wherever it exists.

5. The good deeds of Party officials at all levels and in all sectors are the Party's winning strategy in all circumstances. It is through this cadre of officials that the people understand the Party, trust the Party, and actively participate in implementing the Party's political platform. Therefore, Party officials must be strong and clean, full of competence, virtue, and morality. The reality has shown that the people need the Party's leadership role and support the Party, but the people are not happy at all with the misconduct of some officials. Therefore, every official must do only good deeds, not do anything that affects the rights and interests of the people, and must not behave as masters of the people.

6. National solidarity is the lifeblood of the nation. With solidarity, the nation lives; without solidarity, the nation will perish. History has clearly shown this to be the case. The Cambodian People's Party, which has raised the banner of great national solidarity at all stages, will continue to fulfill this duty with the highest responsibility for the nation's destiny, under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia and its motto: Nation, Religion, King.

In this spirit, the Cambodian People's Party continues to implement a realistic culture of dialogue with various political parties and other circles in society to create harmony, strengthen national unity, and foster democracy. Democracy, which respects the diversity of views and opinions, provides an effective means of resolving social and political issues based on the rule of law and national reconciliation. To that end, the Cambodian People's Party has cooperated and formed an alliance with 28 political parties, respecting the independence and autonomy of each party, on equal terms and equal rights, in order to gather patriotic forces and maintain long-term peace, political stability, and development.

7. Full peace and complete national and territorial unity are exceptional achievements that we have arduously attained through the Win-Win Policy, having gone through struggles, patience, and resistance against many negative factors. However, peace is still threatened by a small group of extremists who try to break up society, fill it with anger, confusion, and hatred, with the ultimate aim to overthrow the Royal Government through violent means, contrary to the Constitution and democratic principles. Therefore, we must thank peace, join together to preserve and protect peace, and join together to eradicate extremist movements from Cambodian society, not allowing them to destroy peace. I also take this opportunity to further stress that those who continue extremist activities that violate the Constitution and existing laws must cease their activities, otherwise, they will not escape from the long arm of the law.

8. This unfortunate country of Cambodia has suffered from foreign invasions, aggressions, wars, and genocide; was embargoed and isolated; and insulted in the past. Now, Cambodia has risen again on equal footing with other countries. We desperately need peace, friendship, cooperation, and development. We have no unfriendly policy or stance towards any nation. On this point, I want to emphasise that the unlawful attack by the Thai troops against the Cambodian troops on May 28, in the Mom Bei (Emerald Triangle) area within Cambodia's territory, is a very grave violation of Cambodia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. This event reflects the repetition of history, despite our goodwill to resolve the issue. In response to this situation, the Cambodian People's Party fully supports the firm and clear stance of the Royal Government to take the issues of Ta Moan Thom Temple, Ta Moan Tauch Temple, Ta Krabei Temple, and the Mom Bei area to be resolved at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and supports the Royal Government's stance to resolve other border issues besides these four points peacefully in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding of 2000 between the two countries.

By Heng Panha